EGYPTE - جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة

Egypt - National Bank (1940-1945)1 £15/07/1942series:J / 56s.no:351959grade:VFcat:22ccomment:Signature = Sir Norman Nixon
Observe : "Funerary mask" of Tutankhamun - he was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c. 1332–1323 BC in the conventional chronology). Watermark depicting the head of the sphinx.
Reverse : The back of the note is green with a design showing a mosque in the center.added:19 months ago

Egypt - Central Bank (1967-1978)1 £grade:aUNCcat:44a(2)comment:Observe : The funerary complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay is an architectural complex built by Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay in Cairo's Northern Cemetery, completed in 1474. It is often considered one of the most beautiful and accomplished monuments of late Egyptian Mamluk architecture.
Reverse : Pharaonic couple (Great Temple of Abu Simbel); on background, drawing of the façade of the Small Temple of Abu Simbel.added:18 months ago

Egypt - Central Bank of Egypt (2001-2006)10 £ND / 2004grade:aUNCcat:64c(1)comment:Observe : Al-Rifai mosque or "the Royal Mosque" built at the end of the 19th century.It contains numerous burials including that of the last king of Egypt (King Farouk died in exile in Rome in 1965) as well as the tomb of the last shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Shah, also died in exile(1980).
Reverse : Pharao Khafrê (ou Khéphren) or Souphis II, Reign between 2558 BC and 2532 BC ?added:18 months ago